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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on June 02, 2014, 06:37:56 PM
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Tigers search for answers to Dreamtime disaster
Matt Thompson
afl.com.au
June 2, 2014 12:07 PM
RICHMOND players have gone to an undisclosed location away from Punt Road to review Saturday night's dismal performance against Essendon.
The Tigers never looked in the game as they lost by 50 points in what is one of the club's marquee fixtures.
Off the back of a finals appearance in 2013, the Tigers are languishing in 13th spot with just three wins for the season – and no one at the club can explain what's happened.
"It was a very disappointing performance. Dreamtime's a big game, a big stage," chief executive Brendon Gale told AFL.com.au at Punt Road on Monday morning.
"We keep on keeping on, we review all aspects of our performance - daily, weekly.
"What we presented on Saturday night isn't good enough and we're hell bent on understanding why."
Gale insisted there was no increased pressure on coach Damien Hardwick's position.
"I wouldn't have thought so at all," he said.
"Damien is here for the long term and whilst he's responsible as senior coach it's a shared responsibility at this footy club and we'll work through this together."
Hardwick is contracted until the end of 2016.
The Tigers play North Melbourne on Sunday night at Etihad Stadium.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-06-02/tigers-search-for-answers
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"What we presented on Saturday night isn't good enough and we're hell bent on understanding why."
32 years long enough or do you need a few more weeks?
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"What we presented on Saturday night isn't good enough and we're hell bent on understanding why."
32 years long enough or do you need a few more weeks?
Just need a few more decades...then we'll be defecating flags....in the VFA....
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if its clear enough to fans with a decent a IQ, whats with the lack of 'understanding'? 'hellbent' intentions imply a lack of knowledge and a desperation of PR spin.
#fansgettingplayed
you may be 'hellbent'
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The scary thing is that come Thursday night Hardwick will probably make one change to the side. :banghead :banghead :banghead
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The scary thing is that come Thursday night Hardwick will probably make one change to the side. :banghead :banghead :banghead
Yes. Out: Griffiths, the root of all evil at the club...... ::)
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Heard the club's more concerned that St.Kilda beat us to the punch in the p.c. public relations stakes by appointing the first ever female assistant coach and are currently scouring the netball leagues as a matter of urgency right now as we speak.
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I'm sure nobodys feelings will be hurt in the process.
That's OUR Richmond!
I heard that the B&F for 2014 is being scrapped because,
"Everyone is a Winner" and there's no need to single out individuals, as that leads to leadership.
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I'm sure nobodys feelings will be hurt in the process.
That's OUR Richmond!
I heard that the B&F for 2014 is being scrapped because,
"Everyone is a Winner" and there's no need to single out individuals, as that leads to leadership.
Yes and we don't look at the scores because they may hurt people's feelings! :lol
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"Scoring is for Losers" ;D
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Stuffing Gen 'Y's.....just want to punch them all in the throat
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Lazy Freckle Punchers
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Stuffing Gen 'Y's.....just want to punch them all in the throat
Plenty of successful Gen Y's in 17 other AFL clubs lol.
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Stuffing Gen 'Y's.....just want to punch them all in the throat
Plenty of successful Gen Y's in 17 other AFL clubs lol.
Hmmm......
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Anyone just see the footage of the players at St.Kilda beach..?...All only in up to their waists and most with hoodies & beanies still on ....says it all really - bunch of soft, mollycoddled stuffin' wimps.....
We don't want anyone getting hurt, Dioc.
Physically but especially emotionally.
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Anyone just see the footage of the players at St.Kilda beach..?...All only in up to their waists and most with hoodies & beanies still on ....says it all really - bunch of soft, mollycoddled stuffin' wimps.....
We don't want anyone getting hurt, Dioc.
Physically but especially emotionally.
Yep....btw..moved that post to the 360 thread as it was on the Slobbo & Wimpley show....
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Anyone just see the footage of the players at St.Kilda beach..?...All only in up to their waists and most with hoodies & beanies still on ....says it all really - bunch of soft, mollycoddled stuffin' wimps.....
We don't want anyone getting hurt, Dioc.
Physically but especially emotionally.
If the players get cold or sad theycould get ddepressed
So you shouldbe more nice
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Oh look, they just grow up so fast.
Before you know it, your youngest dud has played 250 games.
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Oh look, we think our kids are on the right track, particularly with the likes of Chaplin, Houli and Jackson showing them the way
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(http://theunitedstatesofk.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/aoqelpe_700b_v1.jpg)
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We should have lost by a lot more sat night,we were that bad
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Richmond chief backs Damien Hardwick's hard stance
Caroline Wilson
The Age
June 2, 2014
Richmond chief Brendon Gale has backed coach Damien Hardwick to follow through on his undertaking to punish key players for their mediocre performances this season via the selection table.
But Gale has denied any plans to initiate a lengthy in-depth review of the Tigers' football operation and coaching personnel stating that the club's focus must sit on its players.
"At the moment we are in a forensic examination of every aspect of the footy program," said Gale, who admitted Saturday night's performance against Essendon had come as a shock to him. "We are hell bent on understanding why the team is not performing.
"But we are not initiating a full-scale review with a start date and a stop date. If we are required to have a deeper look at something then we will, but we don't believe what is taking place is a coaching issue."
Gale agreed the time had come to make tough decisions on consistent non-performers and fast-track an examination of the character and form of the Tigers' inexperienced players.
"Clearly that's going to be a factor going forward," he said. "It's in the mix to try to find out a lot more about them now than do it this time next year."
With the Tigers staring legitimately at a finish as low as 18th, the 2014 national draft looms as the least compromised in four years.
With Daniel Jackson (soreness) unlikely to line up against North and Shaun Grigg also expected to miss through injury, Bachar Houli remains another out-of-form Tiger under pressure to retain his spot. Anthony Miles is due for promotion and Sam Lloyd could also return to the seniors after being dropped two weeks ago.
Hardwick told 3AW on Sunday: "We're just going to have to find some players who are willing to put up their hand and play the Richmond way because at the moment we're a long way short."
While the club denied it was the first time the coach had done so, Hardwick delivered a blistering rebuke to the Tigers following their effortless performance on Saturday night in front of more than 75,000 at the MCG.
Having eradicated the club's debt and overseen seven-figure profits, the CEO agreed that poor form would eventually effect the business, but refused to link Richmond's dismal year with its ability to bid for more blockbuster games in 2015.
And Gale refused to point the finger at the Tigers' coaching or fitness personnel. He also denied the club's late 2013 off-field disciplinary issues involving Jake King and Dustin Martin had undermined the authority of Hardwick and his coaching panel.
"No I don't. Jake's a great leader of our football club as strange as people might think that sounds," said the frustrated chief executive. "He's very selfless individual and ruthless about his commitment to the team."
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/richmond-chief-backs-damien-hardwicks-hard-stance-20140602-zrvk0.html
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Heard the club's more concerned that St.Kilda beat us to the punch in the p.c. public relations stakes by appointing the first ever female assistant coach and are currently scouring the netball leagues as a matter of urgency right now as we speak.
Yeah Peta Searle, Grigg and Houli had plans for that ladies bathroom in the MCC change rooms.